12 schools serve Membertou 28B, 10 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools
Inside the town there are 0; another 12 sit within 3 km. One of the 12 teaches in French, against 6% of schools in Nova Scotia.
Where the 12 schools in and around Membertou 28B are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Membertou 28B
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in Nova Scotia.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in Nova Scotia.
Conseil scolaire acadien provincial runs the French-language ones: Centre scolaire Étoile de l'Acadie.
Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives French-speaking parents the right to French-language schooling for their children, through the French-language boards.
Who runs Membertou 28B’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
By the system they belong to: English public 11 and French-language 1.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
The 2 boards that run schools here
Every board or service centre with a school in the area, and its schools.
The biggest of the 2 is Cape Breton Victoria Regional Centre for Education: 11 schools.
| Board | System | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Breton Victoria Regional Centre for EducationBrookland, CBVRCE Adult, Coxheath, Cusack, Malcolm Munroe, Riverview, Robin Foote, Sherwood Park Education Centre … | English public | 11 |
| Conseil scolaire acadien provincialCentre scolaire Étoile de l'Acadie | French public | 1 |
Boards and districts as the provincial lists name them.
How children get a place in Membertou 28B
French-language schools
French-language boards admit the children of rights-holders under section 23 of the Charter (a parent whose first language is French, or who was schooled in French in Canada), and may admit others through an admissions committee.
The neighbourhood school
Families enrol through the board, which assigns the school serving their street; transfers depend on space.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 12 schools in and around Membertou 28B
High schools within reach of Membertou 28B
The high schools a family here could reach, within 15 km.
Within 15 km, families can reach 3 high schools: 3 English public. Closest of all: Sydney Academy (2.9 km).
| School | Board | System | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney AcademySecondary · Grades 9–RG | Cape Breton Victoria Regional Centre for Education | English public | 2.9 km |
| Riverview High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Cape Breton Victoria Regional Centre for Education | English public | 3.6 km |
| Memorial Composite High SchoolSecondary · Grades 9–RG | Cape Breton Victoria Regional Centre for Education | English public | 13 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Schools in the towns around Membertou 28B
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Membertou 28B | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 km |
| Cape Breton 6 km | 34 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 km |
Cape Breton has the most schools nearby, 34.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. An all-grade school teaches from kindergarten through high school; elementary and secondary schools split those years.
- Which schools count. The page takes in schools within Membertou 28B and up to 3 km past its boundary, so a school just over the line is still here.
- Boards and systems. Boards here split by language only: English districts and a French-language board.
- The year. As the province lists them in 2025-26.
- What isn’t here. No province rates its schools by inspection, and enrolment covers one year (Ontario and Alberta only), so there is no trend.
Questions about schools in Membertou 28B
How do I get a place at a school in Membertou 28B?
Start with the board for the system you want; your address sets the school.
Is there a French-language school in Membertou 28B?
Yes, there are French-language schools: Centre scolaire Étoile de l'Acadie.
Which boards run the schools in Membertou 28B?
Cape Breton Victoria Regional Centre for Education (11) and Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (1), with each one’s schools in brackets.
Sources: Nova Scotia Department of Education, school contact list 2025-26 (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · Why no schools grade in Nova Scotia? The province reports its assessments by regional centre, and that series stops in 2019–20. · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).